Left Lane – John Cadzow NT-BrokeRight Lane – Charlie Brown Jr. 2.416/130 WINCadzow was unable to fire his dragster allowing Brown to unload Low E.T. of the weekend on this pass.Left Lane – Mike Peasley 2.659/146Right Lane – Matt Ludlow 2.662/133 WINMatt uses a hole shot in his first event to take his first ever round win over Peasley.

Final

Left Lane – Charlie Brown Jr. 2.712/102Right Lane – Dennis Rieck 2.502/120 WINLudlow could not make the second round call moving Top Fuel directly into the final round. Dennis made another consistent low 2.5 pass in the heat of the day while Charlie’s dragster moved around down track eventually taking down some cones and finish line sensors after lifting.

Top Alcohol

Round 1

Left Lane – Gary Mink 2.660/134 WINMink starts off eliminations with what would be Low E.T. of round one on a bye run.

Left Lane – Jim Hammond 2.796/119Right Lane – David Morton 2.668 WINMorton makes another clean run to take the win over Hammond.

Left Lane – Richard Montiel 2.713/136 WINRight Lane – Dan Allen 2.758/143”Top Dog” took the win in an extremely close race. Allen carried the front end through the top end and narrowly lost.

Left Lane – Shane Sanford NT-BrokeRight Lane – Nick Januik NT-BrokeBoth Sanford and Januik broke before the start of eliminations. They did however came to the starting line in their fire suits and jackets to contest a foot race for the crowd. Januik dived across the finish line to take the bragging rights win.

Round 2

Left Lane – Richard Montiel 2.832/140Right Lane – Gary Mink 2.698/138 WINMink made another solid pass in the heat of the day to take the win over Montiel who had some spun the tires hard at the hit.

Left Lane – David Morton 2.822 WINMorton didn’t take it easy on the semi-final round bye and ran 2.82.

Final

Left Lane – David Morton 2.618/141 WINRight Lane – Gary Mink 2.697 RLThe final round was over on the starting line as Mink redlighted away the victory while on the other side Morton ran Low E.T. of eliminations with a pretty 2.61 pass.

Left Lane - Mike Peasley runs 2.693/152; Best Previous 2.589Right Lane – Charlie Brown Jr. runs 2.512; Best Previous 2.515 Charlie makes a clean hit and improves by a couple thousandths. Peasley struggled at the hit, but was able to card a nice speed of 152.

Right Lane – Dennis Rieck runs 2.508/150; Best Previous 2.467Dennis makes a straight and strong run in the heat of the day which would be Low E.T. of the session.

Left Lane – Matt Ludlow runs 3.436/60; Best Previous 4.583Ludlow improves again on a 100’ clean pass in his new dragster.

Qualifying Session 4

Left Lane –. Dennis Rieck 3.000/92; Best Previous 2.467Right Lane – Charlie Brown Jr. 3.395; Best Previous 2.512Rieck holds on to the top spot despite shutting off early after drifting left. Brown’s car hooked hard right causing him to click off early just past 60’.

Right Lane – Matt Ludlow runs 2.646/135; Best Previous 3.436Matt makes a strong first full pass in the “Coldwater Kid” dragster moving him up to the #4 spot and into a first round matchup with Mike Peasley

Left Lane – Jim Hammond runs 2.856/118; Best Previous 2.887Right Lane – Richard Montiel runs 2.637/115; Best Previous 2.818Montiel improves greatly despite shutting off slightly early while Hammond improves on his best run of the weekend by .03.

Left Lane – Dan Allen runs 2.635/135; Best Previous 3.523Right Lane – Shane Sanford 2.741/137; Best Previous 2.669Dan drove through some monster tire shake after a 1.08 60’ and launched into a huge wheelstand tripping the finish lights with the rear tires. On the other side Sanford ran 2.74, however his weekend would end with sever motor breakage. As a side note, Allen Racing would like to thank Sanford and the Frederosa team for the use of a set of front tires for this race.

Left Lane – David Morton runs 2.601/142; Best Previous 3.565Right Lane – Nick Januik 2.604/142; Best Previous 2.745This pair headed straight ton the top two positions. Morton ran a clean 2.60 pass while Januik had the front end way up in the air on his way to the #2 spot.

Qualifying Session #4

Left Lane – Gary Mink runs 2.599/137; Best Previous 2.627Right Lane – Nick Januik 2.631; Best Previous 2.604Gary regained his top qualifying spot with a straight, clean 2.59. Januik was on a great pass before having some issues on the top end to slow him down slightly.

Left Lane – Dan Allen runs 2.659; Best Previous 2.635Right Lane – Richard Montiel 2.909; Best Previous 2.637Allen spun the tires hard at the hit and just missed his low E.T. of the weekend by .02 while Montiel had some problems forcing him to shut off early.

Left Lane – Jim Hammond 2.869/117; Best Previous 2.856Hammond made another clean pass in the “April’s Dream” dragster.

Left Lane – Paul Graham 3.080 WINRight Lane – Paul Price NTPrice did not show for round one handing Graham an easy single run.

Left Lane – Paul Taylor 3.010 WINRight Lane – Larry Snow NT-DQLarry Snow gave us quite a scare when an apparent broken axle sent him towards the center and after a quick pedal job he narrowly avoided the 60’ foot clocks as he crossed into Taylor’s lane. Luckily, Paul was long gone by then and headed to round two.

Left Lane - Mike Peasley / 2.589 – 139mph. Mike with his first pass of the weeked in the Leggitt Engines Dragster hikes the front end up and pedals at half track, but set a good benchmark for the rest of the class.

Right Lane – John Cadzow 3.290 – 76mph.John is debuting a brand new dragster, and made a nice half pass to start his Top Fuel career.

Qualifying Session 2

Right Lane – Charlie Brown Jr. 2.515 – 155mph. Left Lane – John Cadzow NT Redlight.John had some problems staging on the line and rolled the beams lifting after another clean half pass. Charlie made a veteran move and waited for the tree to activate before laying down a nice 2.51 pass to take the top spot for the time being.

Right Lane – Mike Peasley 3.382Left Lane – Dennis Rieck 2.467 – 127mph.Peasley was on a nice pass before he had to lift at half track while Rieck was heading down the track to the top spot at a 2.46. Rieck’s pass was clean lifting just a bit early.

Left Lane – Matt Ludlow 4.446Right Lane – SingleLudlow is debuting another brand new nitro burning Top Fuel dragster. The “Coldwater Kid” entry shut off at 60’ coasting to a 4.44.

Top Alcohol

Gary Mink topped the Top Alcohol class with a 2.627 in the afternoon session. Points leader Shane Sanford started off the weekend with a solid 2.669 with Nick Januik and Richard Montiel rounding out the top half of the field.

Right Lane – Shane Sanford 2.669 – 111mph.Left Lane – David Morton 3.887Points leader Sanford opened with a solid lap shutting off slightly early to a 2.66 while Morton had lots of trouble and had to click it off early.

Right Lane – Nick Januik 2.745 – 100mph.Left Lane – Gary Mink 2.627 – 125mph.Gary took over the top spot with a spotless 2.62 while Januik made a strong opening run of 2.74.

Left Lane – Jim Hammond – 3.017 – 103mph.Jim Hammond carded the best 60’ of the round with a 1.04, however fell off on the top end to land in the #4 spot after the first round.

Qualifying Session #2

Left Lane – Nick Januik NT BrokeRight Lane – Dan Allen 3.523 Nick had problems on the starting line forcing him to shut off after taking the green while Dan Allen experienced severe tire shake before coasting to a 3.52.

Left Lane – David Morton 3.565Right Lane – Richard Montiel 2.818Montiel had an amazing save after getting the car extremely sideways at half track and coasting to a 2.81 while Morton rolled the beams and shut off early.

Right Lane – Jim Hammond 2.887 – 127mph.Left Lane – Shane Sanford 2.699 – 142mph. Shane set Low E.T. of the final session with a 2.69 despite the clutch pulling him through the beams some before take off knocking a few hundredths off the E.T,

National Sand Drag News will be bringing you daily race coverage this weekend presented by the National Sand Drag Assocation & Heavy Metal Racing/Chittenden Motorsports from NSDA's fifth point series event of the season. Racing action starts at the Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, CA on Friday with test and tune for Pro and Sportsman bracket classes as well as the opening two sessions of TF/TA/TE qualifying. Check back each evening for results and news from this event.